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Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake (1988)

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Doran Clark and David Hasselhoff  as Sara Wingate-Travis and Billy Travis From Rotten Tomatoes Source A washed-up ex-tennis pro, Billy Travis (David Hasselhoff), is the number one suspect after his wife, Sara Wingate-Travis (Doran Clark), is assumed murdered due to premeditated drowning in the lake near their country home. The motive? Money, of course, since she was the one with all the money and Travis was anything but loyal to h er. But Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) and his assistant investigator, Paul Drake Jr. (William Katt), defend Travis against the charges, uncovering possible evidence linking the murder to an older crime.-WWW   Initial release :  1988 Director :  Ron Satlof Written by: Shel Willens based on the characters created by Erle Stanley Gardner. Produced by Dean Hargrove and Fred Silverman The Movie DAVID HASSELHOFF was still at his prime at thirty-six.  I think I've  encountered him fir...

Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talkshow Host(1993) , Perry Mason:The Case of the Killer Kiss (1993) and A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Jealous Jokester(1995)

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From Google Images From Rotten Tomatoes Dr Sheila Carlin is good friends with Della who calls Perry in when she is being pestered by someone. On the theory that it could be somebody that she works with at a radio stations she arranges Perry to be interviewed by Winslow Keene who is also the station's owner. Winslow enrages the rest of the talk show hosts on the station by informing them of changes that he is making to their time slots. That night, Winslow is shot by a hit man hired by someone at the station and Sheila is set up for the murder. She calls in Perry and as usual Perry, Della and Ken swing into action to find out who really did it... — Lee Horton <Leeh@tcp.co.uk> Directed by  Christian I. Nyby II    Writing Credits (WGA) Joyce Burditt ... (teleplay) Dean Hargrove ... (story) & Joel Steiger ... (story) and William Read Woodfield ... (story) THE CASE OF THE TELLTALE TALKSHOW HOST(The Movie) From The...

Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace (TV movie-1988)

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Source imdb a little introduction: Mom and I have lots of Perry Mason books by Erle Stanley Gardner.  Some were donated to charity, but some went to the hands of future lawyers and whodunnit enthusiasts.  We still have some left and we're happy about that fact. When mom was younger and I wasn't born yet, she watched the original Perry Mason series with Raymond Burr and Barbara Hale(1957 to 1966) so when it was reimagined with Perry Mason now a judge and an occasional defense lawyer and Della Street older as well from 1985 to 1995(more or less twice a year), we were glued to the screen whenever it was shown or if we got to rent some episodes to watch via the VCR/Player or Laser Disc or whatever. William Katt, Barbara Hale's son, plays Paul Drake Jr., the son Paul Drake.  The actor, William Hopper had passed on in 1970 so he couldn't reprise the role so THE GREATEST AMERICAN HERO became Paul Drake Jr. In the 1985-1995 TV movie series, Mason and St...

PERRY MASON: The Case of the Lethal Lesson (1989)

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( source ) Ken Malansky(WILLIAM R. MOSES) is a law student attending a class being taught by Perry Mason. When a friend tells him that his girlfriend was assaulted by a fellow student, Ken rushes to the university's mock courtroom to confront him and finds him dead. The murder weapon was Ken's own knife. Perry is reluctant to take on his case, especially since the victim was the son of a close friend. — Kevin Ackley <kackley1@aol.com> THE MOVIE Directed by  Christian I. Nyby II Writing Credits (WGA)   Robert Hamilton ... (teleplay) Dean Hargrove  & Joel Steiger (story)  Casting By  Carol L. Dudley THE CASE OF THE LETHAL LESSON is one of the best made for TV movie about Perry Mason and the people around him. ERLE STANLEY GARDNER , one of my favourite authors,  crossed over on 11 March 1970, but this movie is based on the characters he has created. Mom and I watched this the first time, then I wa...